Democracy is a muscle that must be exercised, or it is lost
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Loaded Language
95% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Name Calling / Labeling
80% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
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Exaggeration / Hyperbole
85% confidence
Overstating facts or claims to create a stronger emotional response.
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Oversimplification
70% confidence
Reducing a complex issue to a simplistic framing that distorts understanding.
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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.
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“Only 28% of Gautengers think democracy is preferable to other political systems.”
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The provided evidence consists only of general definitions of the number 28 and does not contain any information regarding political opinions in Gauteng, South Africa.
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— Feb 24, 2013 · If twenty-eight is your lucky number or birthday, or you want to know how awesome this number actually is, check out the top 28 facts about this special number.
https://www.thefactsite.com/facts-about-number-28/
https://www.thefactsite.com/facts-about-number-28/
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— The meaning of the number 28: How is 28 spell, written in words, interesting facts, mathematics, computer science, numerology, codes. 28 in Roman Numerals and images.
https://number.academy/28
https://number.academy/28
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— 28 (number) ... 28 (twenty-eight) is the natural number following 27 and preceding 29.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_(number)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_(number)
“nearly half of South Africans “feel politically homeless””
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The provided evidence consists only of dictionary definitions for the word 'nearly' and does not contain any data or reports regarding South Africans feeling 'politically homeless'.
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— Almost and nearly both mean 'not completely' or 'not quite'. They can be used in front of adjectives or noun phrases, or with verbs. Dinner is almost ready. We're nearly ready now. I spent almost a mo…
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/nearly
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/nearly
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— The meaning of NEARLY is in a close manner or relationship. How to use nearly in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearly
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nearly
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— We use almost and nearly to refer to the progress of things, especially if we are measuring and counting things. In these examples, almost and nearly can both be used: … I’ve nearly finished that book…
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nearly
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/nearly
“39% of them believe the system doesn’t even matter”
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The evidence provided includes general Wikipedia entries about South Africans and a news snippet about apartheid, but none of the sources mention a specific statistic (39%) regarding the belief that the political system does not matter.
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— Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The majority live in and around t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_South_Africans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_South_Africans
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— South Africans are the citizens of South Africa.
These individuals include those residing within the borders of South Africa, as well as the South African diaspora.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africans
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— White South Africans are South Africans of European descent. In linguistic, cultural, and historical terms, they are generally divided into the Afrikaans-speaking descendants of the Dutch East India C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_South_Africans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_South_Africans
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“Worker-owned businesses are generally less likely to fail and less likely to lay off workers.”
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The provided evidence consists of dictionary definitions of 'worker' and a general description of a workforce organization (The Worker AZ), but provides no data or comparative analysis on failure or layoff rates of worker-owned businesses.
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— Through your support, The Worker connects individuals to sustainable careers, helps employers meet workforce demands and strengthens our community from the ground up.
https://www.theworkeraz.org/what-we-do
https://www.theworkeraz.org/what-we-do
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— The meaning of WORKER is one that works especially at manual or industrial labor or with a particular material —often used in combination. How to use worker in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worker
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— WORKER meaning: 1. someone who works in a particular job or in a particular way: 2. someone who works for a…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/worke…
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/worke…
“They [Worker-owned businesses] have less inequality and better working conditions, and are generally more geared towards social goods.”
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One web search result mentions that worker-owned cooperatives in Spain are looking to Mondragon as an example to keep inequality in check, and another mentions gender inequality research in worker-owned businesses. However, there is no comprehensive evidence or multiple independent sources confirming that these businesses generally have less inequality and better conditions across the board.
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— As Vera and her colleagues work to transition existing businesses into worker-owned cooperatives, or create new ones, they say they are looking to Mondragon as an example of the kind of impact they se…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-06-30/worker-ow…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-06-30/worker-ow…
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— Commitment was strongest when individuals worked for a company that was both small and locally owned: 61.4 percent of those employed at such a business scored in the highest commitment category as opp…
https://news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2014/employees-small-…
https://news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2014/employees-small-…
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— We begin by defining three distinctly different types of worker-owned businesses: companies with employee stock ownership plans, worker cooperatives, and communes. Next we review the limited research …
https://cleo.rutgers.edu/articles/gender-in-equality-in-work…
https://cleo.rutgers.edu/articles/gender-in-equality-in-work…
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